Police from across the state converged on Lawyers Mall Tuesday in Annapolis. They are urging lawmakers not to override the governor's vetoes on two law enforcement bills.

Six bills are on the override list. Law enforcement is concerned about two: One makes smoking pot in public a civil offense and the other restricts the police ability to seize money and property from suspected drug dealers.

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"The box that was constructed in the bumper of this vehicle contained $309,000 in drug-tainted US. Currency," Maryland State Police Sgt. Mike Conner said.

Police refer to it as the smuggler's blues. It is a drug dealer's cash confiscated in a traffic stop.

"What they'd done is they'd taken another 2012 Chevy Traverse's floor and built that beneath the existing factory floor. When you remove the spare tire, it reveals a trap door, and inside of that was $189,000 in drug-tainted currency," Conner said.

Police get to use the funds under a federal civil forfeiture law to supplement their budgets. But complaints about police abusing the program prompted the General Assembly to intervene. Lawmakers passed a bill restricting the police ability to seize.

"If you got a $150 in your pocket and there's a roach in the ashtray and it's not connected to drugs, the police don't take it. Police go into somebody's house. They don't pull flat-screen TVs off the wall," Senate President Mike Miller said.

The governor vetoed the bill, and the Democratic leadership vow to override it. Police from across the state gathered in Annapolis urging lawmakers not to do that.

Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger has come up with a compromise.

"This compromise makes it a little harder for law enforcement to take those profits. It provides notice to citizens so that they can figure out where their property is and how they can get it back," Shellenberger said.

Also on the list of veto overrides is a bill making smoking pot and possessing drug paraphernalia a civil offense.

"You would be able, like this picture shows, to light up a bong behind the wheel," Shellenberger said.

"Shellenberger should stick to his job, which is being a state's attorney in Baltimore County. He does it well. We like him very much, but he needs to stay away from the legislative arena," Miller said.